Australia at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
Website	swimming.org.au
in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
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Australia competed at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from August 31 to September 9.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Stephen Holland	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	September 8
Silver	Brad Cooper	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	September 6
Silver	Australian team Michael Wenden Steve Badger Neil Rogers John Kulasalu	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	September 7
Bronze	Michael Wenden	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	September 9
Bronze	Brad Cooper	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	September 8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Grove	Men's springboard	449.01	15	did not advance
	Men's platform	434.61	13	did not advance
Madeleine Barnett	Women's springboard	353.76	13	did not advance
	Women's platform	330.33	10	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships

Men Athlete Event Heat Final Time Rank Time Rank Neil Rogers 100 m freestyle 54.50 17 did not advance 100 m butterfly 57.98 8 Q 57.58 7 Michael Wenden 100 m freestyle 52.67 CR 2 Q 52.22 200 m freestyle 1:58.26 15 did not advance Steve Badger 1:58.26 15 did not advance 200 m individual medley 2:16.42 15 did not advance Brad Cooper 400 m freestyle 4:02.38 CR 1 Q 3:58.70 1500 m freestyle — 15:45.04 100 m backstroke 1:00.87 13 did not advance John Kulasalu 400 m freestyle 4:09.32 8 Q 4:14.62 8 Stephen Holland 1500 m freestyle — 15:31.85 WR Mark Tonelli 100 m backstroke 1:00.59 10 did not advance 200 m backstroke 2:09.55 CR 3 Q 2:09.63 6 Robert Williams 2:09.81 CR 4 Q 2:08.16 4 Michael Creswick 100 m breaststroke 1:09.81 19 did not advance 200 m breaststroke 2:33.34 19 did not advance Ross Seymour 100 m butterfly 57.58 6 Q 57.33 5 200 m butterfly 2:07.86 10 did not advance Peter Tetlow 200 m butterfly 2:10.83 14 did not advance 200 m individual medley 2:19.71 22 did not advance 400 m individual medley 4:51.98 18 did not advance Neil Martin 200 m individual medley 2:17.01 18 did not advance 400 m individual medley 4:44.55 9 did not advance Michael Wenden Steve Badger Neil Rogers John Kulasalu 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:36.56 NR 8 Q 3:35.27 NR 6 Michael Wenden Steve Badger Neil Rogers John Kulasalu 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:48.43 CR 1 Q 7:43.65 Brad Cooper Michael Creswick Ross Seymour Michael Wenden 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:02.97 8 Q 3:58.59 6

Women Athlete Event Heat Final Time Rank Time Rank Debra Cain 100 m freestyle 1:01.99 17 did not advance 200 m backstroke 2:24.96 6 Q 2:24.26 7 100 m butterfly 1:07.77 CR 13 did not advance 200 m individual medley 2:26.72 4 Q 2:26.63 8 Suzy Anderson 100 m freestyle 1:02.06 18 did not advance 200 m freestyle 2:11.17 9 did not advance Virginia Rickard 200 m freestyle 2:09.93 5 Q 2:07.88 4 400 m freestyle 4:24.99 CR 2 Q 4:23.48 4 Narelle Moras 400 m freestyle 4:30.28 6 Q 4:34.94 8 800 m freestyle — 9:09.93 5 Sandra Yost 800 m freestyle — 9:22.49 8 100 m butterfly 1:06.62 10 did not advance 200 m butterfly 2:21.82 CR 4 Q 2:22.32 5 Linda Young 100 m backstroke 1:08.01 10 did not advance 200 m backstroke 2:25.94 9 did not advance Sue Lewis 100 m backstroke 1:09.54 15 did not advance Judith Hudson 100 m breaststroke 1:19.21 12 did not advance 200 m breaststroke 2:49.66 12 did not advance Beverley Whitfield 100 m breaststroke 1:19.39 13 did not advance 200 m breaststroke 2:46.96 9 did not advance Gail Neall 200 m butterfly 2:25.81 11 did not advance 200 m individual medley 2:32.72 15 did not advance 400 m individual medley 5:17.96 14 did not advance Debra Cain Suzy Anderson Virginia Rickard Narelle Moras 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:08.71 11 did not advance Linda Young Beverley Whitfield Debra Cain Suzy Anderson 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:33.74 6 4:34.45 8

References

• Competition results